The Knock Out rose

I’m not one to grow super-hybrid anything…often over-bred plants wind up resembling cartoon characters of their real plant selves. But the newish ‘Knock Out’ rose called ‘Sunny’ has me tempted. The Conrad-Pyle web site says ‘Knock Out’ is the most disease resistant rose on the market.

I like the way it looks old-school, plus I am a sucker for butter yellows.

William Radler’s goal was to breed the maintenance out of roses. He recommends hedge trimmers in the spring, says the shrubs are self cleaning (no deadheading), drought resistant and bloom every 5 weeks. Read his story here.

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